Focus on SOUTH SUDAN

Country-focused Bulletins

October 28, 2015 South Sudan: Hard-Hitting Report from African Union
"Based on its inquiry, the Commission finds that there are
reasonable grounds to believe that acts of murder, rape and sexual
violence, torture and other inhumane acts of comparable gravity,
outrages upon personal dignity, targeting of civilian objects and
protected property, as well as other abuses, have been committed by
both sides to the conflict."

March 4, 2014 South Sudan: Deadly Conflict Continues despite Ceasefire
Both the United Nations and Human Rights Watch have just documented
extensive killings of civilians as well as other abuses during the
last two months of fighting in South Sudan. And incidents of
violence are continuing despite a formal ceasefire agreed with
regional negotiators. While negotiations as well as development of
plans for more effective ceasefire monitoring continue, the
prospectives for sustainable peace still seem remote. Meanwhile,
international agencies and civil society continue efforts to reduce
violence and address immediate humanitarian needs.

January 13, 2014 South Sudan: Reflections on Crisis
Negotiations and fighting are both continuing this week in the
conflict in South Sudan which erupted into open violence on
December 15. It may be that coordinated international pressure will
soon bring about a ceasefire. But both South Sudanese and foreign sources
stress that any long-term solution must deal not only with the
political competition between President Salva Kiir and his former
deputy Riek Machar, who was dismissed at Vice President along with
others in the Cabinet last July, but also with fundamental issues
of the South Sudanese state.